Scilab Function
Last update : 1/4/2004

mgetstr - read a character string

### Calling Sequence

  `str=mgetstr(n [,fd] )`

### Parameters

- `n`:a positive scalar: The number of character to read.
- `fd`: scalar. The `fd` parameter returned by the function `mopen`. -1 stands for last opened file. Default value is -1.
- `str`: a character string

### Description

mgetstr function allows to read a character string in a binary file. If EOF is reached before read completion only the properly read values will be returned.

### See Also

`mclose`, `meof`, `mfprintf`, `fprintfMat`, `mfscanf`, `fscanfMat`, `mget`, `mgetstr`, `mopen`, `mprintf`, `mput`, `mputstr`, `mscanf`, `mseek`, `mtell`, `mdelete`,